Game



June 14, 1932. Y. TERAsAKA GAME Filed Aug. 14, 1931 Patented June 14, 1932 FFC YASO'MATSU TER-ASAKA, OF JACKSON HEIGHTS, NEVT YORK GAME Application filed August 14, 1931. Serial No. 556,981.

This invention relates to a game; more particularly to a game of skill, such as a fishing game, and to an appliance for use therewith.

It is an object of my invention to provide an amusement device in the nature of a game wherein the skill of the player is involved to snare or catch rapidly fioating objects during the minimum period of time and to test out such skill by providing a snaring net which is of a frangible character, to avoid favoring the less skilled or less accurate player, by making the life of the snaring member of relatively short duration.

It is contemplated by my invention to provide a game including a device in which objects may float rapidly in water, preferably using live fish, and use as means to catch or pick up such rapidly moving objects, a bail or net. which is perforable or easily disrupted when in contact with water.

Thus, the general objects of my invention reside in a game which requires skill to scoop up or bail out alive fish, using a snare or net made of readily soluble and frangible material so that within the time that the material of which the net or snare is made, remains intact, the player must be able to scoop up the floating objects, such as live fish;

otherwise` he will fail in his purpose of catching the fish.

A further object of my invention resides in the provision of an instrumentality for use with a game, in the nature of a scoop or net, including a readily destructible or frangible member, limiting the life of its use in the playing of the game, to incorporate a sporting difficulty and reward the more skillful player.

To attain these objects and such further objects as appear herein or may hereinafter be pointed out, I make reference to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my device and the implements used therewith;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the catching` implement and the mode in which it is used;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the catching implement used, with the several parts thereof disassembled.

Making reference to the drawing, it is contemplated by me to provide a tank 10, substantially Waist high, and including a railing 11 about which several persons may assemble. Within this tank I provide water and floating objects, such as live fish. For purposes of making this device more attractive, the tank may be suitably landscaped in a manner readily understood.

As it is contemplated as part of my game to test out the skill and accuracy of the player in catching rapidly moving and floating objects, s'uch as fish, which dart about in the tank, I pro-vide a bailing instrumentality or net 12, comprising a handle member 13, of suitable length, so that the player may reach for a substantial Width and depth of the tank. To the portion opposite the handle, at one end thereof, I provide a frame assembly 14, having-an extension 15, including a ring 16, formed thereon, preferably made resilient in its outline by a free U-shaped loop 17. A forming ring or frame 18 comprises another member of the assembly and this is suitably strengthened by beading the edgesV 19 and 2O and includes within the length, a cylindrical corrugation 21, about Which the ring 16 may lie, for purposes which will presently appear. The third member of the assembly comprises a sheet or disk of frangible material, such as tissue paper. This may, however, be Vsuch, materials as rice paper, yoshino paper, which, when exposed to con-V tact with water or similar aqueous materials, will break and lose its strength, and be readily disintegrated in a predetermined period of time, such as t-Wo to five seconds, for example.

For assembling the members, the disk of paper which is larger than the ring 18, is drawn, preferably taut, over one beaded edge, suc-h as 19, and the loose peripheral edge 22 of the paper is then lapped over the frame 18, to lie over the corrugation 21 form-ed on the frame. In this position of the paper the ring 16 is then made to overlie the overlap edge ofthe paper 22, and engage over the Ycorrugations 21, crimping or clasping the eration, testing out the skill of t-he player,

reside in the elusiveness of seeing the floating objects, due to the refractive qualities of the Water and also due to the fact that the instrumentality constituting the bail or net is readily disrupted by contact with Water, thus limiting the time the bail may be in the Water, and necessitating that all preliminaries for catching the lish be from a point outside the Water. The result is that speed and accuracy must be exercised to accomplish the purposes of this game.

It will be understood that though I have specifically described floating objects, such as live fish, Which may be included in a tank,

and Where these are used, I include various grades and sizes of attractive fish, varying from the less expensive gold fish to the more expensive fantails, or the like, so that the player with the greater skill may be re- :i Warded in that he may choose the more desirable fish and exercise greater skill in catching the heavier fish or objects before the net is ruptured or decomposed by the Water, movement of the objects may be effected by circulating the Water, in which event the use of vfish is not necessarily required.

It Will also be observed that though I have described the instrumentaiity for catching the floating objects as made of metal members to hold the readily disruptable paper, these may be made from such materials as Celluloid and other similar materials. Also the nature of the readily disruptable material may be varied to the purposes desired, in accordance with the Weight of the objects to be caught, Where these may be varied, and other changes all Within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a game of the character described, a tank arranged to include moving objects, of means for snaring or catchingsuch objects, comprising a bailing element of perforable material, said material being readily disintegrable when in contact with Water.

2. In a game of the character described, the combination Which includes a tank for live fish having an open top and provided with a rail, an elongated bailing member comprising a looped portion and a sheet aixed to said loop portion, said sheet being readily disintegrable by Water.

3. For use With a game including Heating v objects in a Water tank,of a bailing inember for snaring or netting such floating objects, said bailing member comprising an elongated handle member, a ring at one end thereof, a second forming ring or frame and a sheet adapted to be held by said ring and frame, said sheet being readily disintegrable in Water. s

4C. For use with a game of the character described, including a tank adapted to hold Water and floating` objects therein, of mea-ns for catching or netting'such floating objects, said means comprising an elongated handle member, a bail at the end thereof, said bail comprising a forming ring or frame, a resilient ring for encircling said frame, and a covering member for said ring or frame comprising a sheet readily disintegrable in Water and held between said ring and frame.

5. For use with a game of the character described comprising a tank adapted to hold Water containing live fish, or" means for snaring or netting such fish comprising an elongated handle member, a bail at one end thereof and means included by said bail for holde ing a distended sheet of perforable material, comprising paper, readily disintegrable in Water.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 12th day of August, 1931.

YASOMATSU TERASAKA. 

